Why Bengals, Ravens, Eagles are Entering CRITICAL Offseasons

We wrap up our combine beat writer series with three teams that suffered through various levels of disappointing seasons in 2025. First, Paul Dehner Jr. joins Robert Mays to break down the offseason facing the Bengals. After that, Jeff Zrebiec hops on with Robert to discuss the Ravens' transition to new coach Jesse Minter. Finally, Zach Berman and Robert dive into how a team coming off consecutive division titles, just one season removed from a Super Bowl Championship, could possibly be in as much tumult as are the Eagles.

0:00 Welcome to the show
0:29 Cincinnati Bengals
2:07 Bengals increased urgency
2:54 Zac Taylor on the hot seat
3:18 Joe Burrow on the move?
5:47 Restructuring Burrow’s contract
9:07 Defensive tackle
10:33 John Franklin-Myers
11:28 In-house development vs new faces
12:11 Mike Hodges & rookie linebackers
12:59 Need for a veteran linebacker
13:25 Oh, Bengals defense…
13:38 Shemar Stewart
14:16 Myles Murphy
14:41 Dre’Mont Jones
15:55 Where Bengals can find starting-caliber players
18:02 Safety market
18:15 Nick Cross
18:24 We’ll check back on this next week, Robert
18:57 Unforced errors by Bengals front office
19:42 Changing dynamic in Cincinnati
20:08 Zac Taylor’s last chance
21:38 The benefit of patience
24:53 Baltimore Ravens
25:49 Process of Ravens coaching search
26:30 Jesse Minter’s coaching staff
26:41 Declan Doyle
27:52 Lamar Jackson with Declan Doyle
28:17 Anthony Weaver
29:08 Lamar’s involvement in coaching search
29:34 Lamar’s cap hit and extension talks
30:47 Ravens “walking around eggshells”
31:32 How time sensitive are lamar extension talks?
32:00 Marlon Humphrey
32:10 Nnamdi Madubuike
33:39 Free agent shopping list
34:15 Jaelan Phillips & Ravens
34:30 Is it time for the Ravens to take a big swing?
34:55 Mike Green
35:25 Eric DeCosta uncertainty
36:20 Ravens “couch cushion” picks
37:11 Aggressiveness needed in free agency
37:28 Ravens’ offensive needs
37:47 Emery Jones
38:46 Tyler Linderbaum
39:54 DeCosta’s relationship with Linderbaum
42:51 Replacements for Linderbaum
43:41 What Ravens history tells us about Linderbaum
44:25 Ravens increased urgency
45:46 Philadelphia Eagles
46:17 Bad vibes around the Eagles
47:38 AJ Brown
49:48 HOW would the Eagles trade AJ Brown?
50:33 What AJ trade would open up
51:23 Eagles’ cap space
52:10 Eagles contract philosophy
53:25 Jaelan Phillips & Eagles
54:50 Defensive roster needs
55:36 Cooper DeJean
56:36 Reed Blankenship
57:35 How Eagles assign positional value
58:18 Robert is Spiderman
58:30 Tight ends
59:09 Sean Mannion’s impact on personnel
1:00:18 Will Jeff Stoutland’s departure impact offensive line personnel?
1:02:24 Offensive line talent
1:02:52 Tight ends draft history
1:04:34 Eagles’ continued turnover
1:05:47 Nick Sirianni’s latest OC search
1:06:23 Jalen Hurts under new OC
1:07:34 What, Robert?!

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